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People that don't pick up dog mess. People that are cruel to animals.
 
Hermes have had my parcel since last Wednesday and it still hasn’t been delivered :( It was due between the 15th and the 19th. I wouldn’t mind but it’s a Christmas gift that wasn’t cheap! If it doesn’t come soon, I’ll have to contact the seller and request a refund which I really don’t want to do as I don’t like confrontation :(
 
SkyPipDotBernie said:
Had an absolute nightmare with mcdonalds tonight 😩. Ordered £22 worth of food, yes I know fat bugger I am... But got it home, no sauces that I def ordered because I done it on the touch screen, went back to get them, came home, food was all cold, went back asked for new food again, they said must bring back food to prove it, but I have receipt, no we must have food back, went home, screamed and had a pot of oats. The end

That money couldn have went to help teas.
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Give McDonalds a wide berth, for many reasons, not just bad customer service
 
I've never eaten McDonalds, there's one inside the ASDA store near us, it always smells like vomit when you walk in. If I ate that sort of food the smell would put me off, as it is it puts me off shopping in ASDA!
 
I've never eaten at McDonald's either, when I was at school we were forced to go on a behind the scenes tour of one as part of our food tech lessons (which was obviously called home ec then back in 1989!) and they told us how there was animal fat in their milkshakes and they fried their chips in animal fat, for a "more authentic flavour". Not for me thanks (vegetarian for the past 31 years and recently converted to being a self confessed "smug" vegan!)
 
Claire W said:
Hermes have had my parcel since last Wednesday and it still hasn’t been delivered :( It was due between the 15th and the 19th. I wouldn’t mind but it’s a Christmas gift that wasn’t cheap! If it doesn’t come soon, I’ll have to contact the seller and request a refund which I really don’t want to do as I don’t like confrontation :(
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I ordered a parcel via Hermes around 8 weeks ago 2 weeks before I moved. It didn't arrive. I contacted seller a few days before I moved and got a refund. I got notification that it was being delivered to my old address on Saturday. Luckily I managed to divert it to my old neighbours before it was delivered and I picked it up on Monday. I was pleased that it had been found but annoyed it was delivered 8 weeks after the order!
 
Betsy said:
I ordered a parcel via Hermes around 8 weeks ago 2 weeks before I moved. It didn't arrive. I contacted seller a few days before I moved and got a refund. I got notification that it was being delivered to my old address on Saturday. Luckily I managed to divert it to my old neighbours before it was delivered and I picked it up on Monday. I was pleased that it had been found but annoyed it was delivered 8 weeks after the order!
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8 weeks after 😳 That’s ridiculous. I’m glad you managed to get your parcel eventually but Hermes are a joke!
 
I had a small folding table delivered by Hermes last week. It had obviously been dropped and was damaged on 3 of the corners. The seller gave me a full refund and didn't want the table back so it was a win for me this time as I only wanted the table to go with one I already have to put my puzzle board across. The Hermes driver handed me the parcel and ran off quick before I noticed it was damaged, I don't know why they are still in business, I have problems everytime I have an order being delivered by them.
 
I’m still awaiting a parcel which Hermes tells me it’s at the depot and will be delivered within 48 hours. That was on the 25th October, I won’t hold my breath! 🤬 I always thought Hermes was better than Yodel but perhaps they aren’t
 
DPD are normally good EXCEPT... the time when one guy delivered half my Haybox order... then a different guy delivered the other half, in a squashed torn box mended with DPD tape, half an hour later! Both had driven separately from Manchester with one 5kg box of hay each, one which I wouldnt sign for obviously because it was ruined by DPD... how much wasted petrol and effort and cost? Why didnt they just phone Haybox and say they squished it right away?
 
I quite like DPD too. Yodel are as crap as Hermes around here.

I’m sorry that others are having problems with Hermes too. Think I’ll leave it until the end of the week before contacting the seller although I guess it isn’t their fault :(
 
Hermes delivery guys in our area are quite good. If the sellers provide tracking number, then I can inform through website where they can leave the package if we are not around. But we usually get the same drivers/delivery guys so they know where to place our packages. Sometimes I am also sent email updates with the name and photo of the delivery guy who has my package. I think this option depends on what type of delivery service the seller availed. Sample below.

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Bill & Ted said:
Give McDonalds a wide berth, for many reasons, not just bad customer service
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I only got it because we couldn't be bothered to cook that night, the wife had an ofsted visit the next day and she was stressed. Big regret, it added to the stress lol
 
SkyPipDotBernie said:
I only got it because we couldn't be bothered to cook that night, the wife had an ofsted visit the next day and she was stressed. Big regret, it added to the stress lol
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Oh, OFSTED, yes it's always a stressful time for teachers, I used to be a Further Ed teacher it takes me back 😆 the paperwork was always the worst part!
 
So Hermes never did deliver my parcel and it still states that they have it from nearly 2 weeks ago!

Anyway, I contacted the seller who is sending out the items again but by royal mail this time. Items should arrive today. I feel tight though as it isn’t the sellers fault but I couldn’t afford £30 to go down the drain as these are Christmas presents.

I will be avoiding Hermes from now on as this isn’t the first time they haven’t delivered a parcel :(
 
It’s a joke @Claire W and I bet they’ll have an excuse ready!

I'm fed up with McDonald’s. At least twice we don’t get everything I ordered. And the last time they gave me the wrong happy meal. Is it REALLY that difficult? You have the receipt, tick off as you go!
 
Siikibam said:
It’s a joke @Claire W and I bet they’ll have an excuse ready!

I'm fed up with McDonald’s. At least twice we don’t get everything I ordered. And the last time they gave me the wrong happy meal. Is it REALLY that difficult? You have the receipt, tick off as you go!
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Thank you. The parcel arrived with Royal Mail shortly after I wrote the post. I’m still annoyed with Hermes but even the seller has said they’re going to stop using them as they’ve had issues in the past.

McDonald's do my head in too. My mum ordered two breakfast items the other day and they were both wrong
 
Hermes has definitely gone down the pan with Yodel. I’m also waiting for a parcel from Royal Mail 24, 😆 it says 24 in the title!

I’m going to vote with my feet and buy presents locally this year!
 
Bill & Ted said:
Hermes has definitely gone down the pan with Yodel. I’m also waiting for a parcel from Royal Mail 24, 😆 it says 24 in the title!

I’m going to vote with my feet and buy presents locally this year!
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Hermes have definitely gone down the pan! I can’t stand yodel either. Sorry you’re still waiting for a parcel. Such a shame as Royal Mail are usually quite good here

Think I’ll buy presents locally too but next year as I’ve done all my Christmas shopping now 😃

I need to send gifts through the post but I’m worried they won’t arrive. Think I’ll use Royal Mail though, definitely not Hermes!
 
Royal Mail delivered a parcel to me at 11.30 this morning it was posted yesterday in Norfolk, they can do it! It was at a price though, cost the sender £11 for a 01.787 packet. We do seem to be going backwards in this country though, in the early 1900s you could post a postcard anywhere in the country and have it delivered the next morning. A postcard posted in the morning a few towns away could arrive that afternoon. I've seen ones with messages on like Dear Auntie, see you at 4pm today for afternoon tea!

I'm trying really hard not to buy online and support local shops. We don't have much locally now though as everything has moved out to Cribbs Causeway which is a 26 mile round trip for us, I've never been there. I tried to buy my mum a new pair of slippers last week, there's only one shop between us and the city centre (10 mile round trip), they had none. I ended up shopping on ebay. Most of my piggie stuff comes from online shopping as most of what I want isn't available in shops here or is very expensive.
 
Amazon have their moments, our parcel arrived yesterday and my husband had an email saying it was left in our safe place, found it on the doorstep, not sure that's quite the same as the greenhouse! Luckily we live in a quiet village but it's not the first time, I had a Kindle left in plain sight, again left in our safe place?!
 
Claire W said:
Hermes have definitely gone down the pan! I can’t stand yodel either. Sorry you’re still waiting for a parcel. Such a shame as Royal Mail are usually quite good here

Think I’ll buy presents locally too but next year as I’ve done all my Christmas shopping now 😃

I need to send gifts through the post but I’m worried they won’t arrive. Think I’ll use Royal Mail though, definitely not Hermes!
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The 24 hour parcel I suspect was delivered but to the wrong address! At the time it was supposed to be delivered we had two new unfamiliar postmen. They managed to get Close, mixed up with Road. I always make the effort to get their wrongly delivered items to their house myself. This doesn’t seem to happen vica versa! very annoying! but they said they had not received my parcel so none the wiser?
 
We have a house in the village that , their house name is the same as our road name, again if we get their mail (which we did this week) we redeliver it ourselves, I suspect they occasionally get ours but as you say the favour is not returned!
 
There’s a Court and a Place that are right next to each other. Our mail is often delivered to Place especially if it’s a new postman. We have to go over and collect it even though when their mail is delivered to us, we put it through their post box or knock on the door if it’s a parcel. It’s a shame when favours aren’t returned :(
 
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